Desert Dreams

Australian Politics

  • Ten Years On. The Bloodiest War. the Dirtiest Lies.

    The Bloodiest War, The Dirtiest Lies, The Murdoch Press. Continue reading

  • Kevin Rudd, ‘Fiscal’ Conservative?

      Just over a year since the Howard Government was thrown unceremoniously from power, with their leader, John Howard, losing his own seat (his party didn’t have the guts to dump him, but the voters did) it is an appropriate… Continue reading

  • Ode to John Howard

    Nothing, apart from the Howard Government winning this years election, (which is not going to happen), would disappoint me more than if John Howard had chosen not to contest it as his party’s leader. For a while it seemed, he… Continue reading

  • The Rat to go Down with his Ship

    Nothing, apart from the Howard Government winning this years election, (which is not going to happen), would disappoint me more than if John Howard had chosen not to contest it as his party’s leader. For a while it seemed, he… Continue reading

  • Election Looms – Howard’s Doom?

      After what seems to have been a year of a phony election campaign, the incumbent John Howard, Australia’s Prime Minister, will soon have to call an election. He is in no hurry to do so, as his so-called ‘Liberal’… Continue reading

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy

    Watching the ABC’s Q&A tonight was excruciating. A good program, somewhat like a good Government which can’t get it’s message out, was bogged down for a half hour of leadership discussion which brought to light absolutely nothing. Julie Bishop point-scored,… Continue reading